Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-18
WHY THEY PAIL

The Carson appeal gives the follow
ing good advice to the members Of o1T
Legislature: Success in legislation re
quires a whole pile of practical exPeri-
ence and knowledge OF human nature.
Many men 90 10 the Legislature with the
idea in their heads that all tina. Is re-
CURED to make a big impression on the
country is to have . glib tongue and .
certain amount OF shrewdness and Gun
ming. No man should aspire TO be
.'leader OF the House" who does not
first feel his way and ascertain the
mental czlber Of the crowd he Is IN.
You must not be fooled into the idea
tia. the quie. and perhaps stupid-iook-
ing maj across the aisle from some Cow
county has less sense than yourself. H.
cessan. CAB on other members bills has
killed numbers Of aspiring Statesmen;
killed them so dead that they are never
heard o; again. There Is time TO TAX
and = time to keep quiet and the nan
who talks the least accomPlisnes me
most. The quiet members, who are al
ways in the majority, soon acquire q
secret dislike for . nan who Is always
on his feet chsitenag =. the chair.
They make no move to sit hin down
but they quietly vote against his pet
bills aud very soon be becomes : man Of
no influence whatever. Many a time
the opponents Of = bill have quietly
fixed matters so that an obnoxious talker
will be selected to make q fight for the
bill. The smart lobbyists sit OF IN .
corner chuckling to themselves that the
bill will be knocked cut, and when
the roll is called the measure is buried
out Of sight under the windy gable oil
a man who imagines that but for his
orasofy the Measure would have received
at least ten less votes. Il Is really
misfortune to a county who happens to
have q free mouthed talker in its delegs
tion. The man who opposes everything
that comes up because he thinks hs
scents a steal 10 another drawback. He
opposes everybody's bill and in the last
of the session all the measures he in
troduced for his own county are slaugh
tered. All the time, the green, COW
county fellow across the aisle is work
ing under the direction OF a skilled
lobbyist and bringing down all the leg
~islative game in sight. When the quiet
man has a Measure it goes through
"as slick as grease" because he hai
trodien on nobody's toes and no n ha'
reason Il strike back. The quiet man j
working all around the noisy member il
committees. in the lobby and everywher
and all the while making no enemies
Every County Convention which nomi
mates a Legislative ticket ought to hav'
this plank in the platform:
The legislative nominees OF this con
veatioa hereby pledge themselves not t.
attempt TO be the leader of the House o.
Senate.
The over-smart man is always comm.
to grief. He wants to introduce all tn
bills Of any Importance and do all tin
talking on them. One or two goot
bills is all one man can draw up anC
pass in one session. The less irons h'
has in the fire the better, and the still
pig catches most Of the swill. The,
there are men who are continually ar
ranging petty jobs that they Imagine nj
one but themselves know anythin!
about. They are like the ostrich VIII,
having his head under the sand imag;nei
tina. the rest of its anatomy is unex
posed. It must be remembered tina
there are SO other people in the Legis
lature and 80 OF them may BIO just al
smart and canning as yourself.
Mind your own business,
Let other people alone,
Keep quiet,
And you will get along.